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Scott’s Jewellery aboard Leroy Brumell’s T10 Cricket

Feb 08, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Scott’s Jewellery aboard Leroy Brumell’s T10 Cricket

Scott’s Jewellery yesterday became the latest entity to offer sponsorship for the Commissioner of Police, Leroy Brumell’s Birth Anniversary T10 cricket competition and Final set for Sunday at the...

The Attorney General is embarrassing

Feb 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Attorney General is embarrassing

DEAR EDITOR, Even as one who still spends time teaching, I find it hard to engage Mr. Anil Nandlall, Attorney General, not only because of his proclivity for misunderstandings and misrepresentations...

Rescuing the city

Feb 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Rescuing the city

The Editor, The letter in the media written by Mr. Hubert Roberts, titled “Georgetown citizens should awake from their slumber” is timely. The citizens should not only awake from their slumber,...

The Judge’s ruling is commendable

Feb 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on The Judge’s ruling is commendable

Dear Editor, Based on the reports from the newspapers on the recent ruling by the Honourable Justice Diana Insanally, I wish to commend the Judge on her ruling. I saw a similar ruling by the...

Kudos for a Magistrate

Feb 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Kudos for a Magistrate

Dear Editor, The Enmore Police Station Management Committee views with satisfaction the recent conviction of a music cart vendor by Magistrate Zamilla Ally at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court....

Tribute to Aubrey Bishop

Feb 08, 2013 KNews Letters Comments Off on Tribute to Aubrey Bishop

Dear Sir, I hasten to pay tribute to the late Justice Aubrey Bishop, one of the most distinguished and outstanding Chancellors the Judiciary ever had. Aubrey Bishop distinguished himself in the legal...

Former bank employee caught ‘moonlighting’ as bandit

Feb 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Former bank employee caught ‘moonlighting’ as bandit

– used dad’s vehicle as getaway car A former bank employee, who ‘moonlighted’ as a bandit, is to be charged along with three others in connection with a spate of armed robberies on...

NOC Commission of Inquiry…Final report to be presented this month end

Feb 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on NOC Commission of Inquiry…Final report to be presented this month end

The final report stating the findings of the inquiry which was set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the violent escape of juveniles from the New Opportunity Corps (NOC)...

Louis Farrakhan

Feb 08, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Louis Farrakhan

As the Guyanese economy continues its upward (albeit not too steep) growth trajectory, there has inevitably been an increase in interest from foreign companies about doing business here. Much of the...

GDF Coast Guard to benefit from more Brazilian expertise

Feb 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GDF Coast Guard to benefit from more Brazilian expertise

Commodore Gary Best and Vice Admiral Sobrinho of Brazil have inked an agreement that paves the way for the Brazilian Navy to provide technical, operational and administrative assistance...

Health Ministry engages stakeholders in quest to redefine malaria fight

Feb 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Health Ministry engages stakeholders in quest to redefine malaria fight

By Sharmain Grainger In an earnest attempt to redefine its malaria response, the Ministry of Health yesterday engaged a number of stakeholders even as it sought to expand the national...

95 GDF officers promoted

Feb 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 95 GDF officers promoted

Guyana Defence Force Chief-of-Staff Gary Best announced that Commander-in-Chief President Donald Ramotar has approved the promotions of 95 officers, in accordance with Part III Section...

PPP trying to undermine RDC’s role in Region Eight – AFC

Feb 08, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on PPP trying to undermine RDC’s role in Region Eight – AFC

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is obviously trying to undermine the role of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Eight, simply because they do not have control. This...

BLAME IT ON THE GOVERNMENT

Feb 08, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on BLAME IT ON THE GOVERNMENT

There is almost an instinctive propensity for persons to either blame or hold the government responsible for even the most trivial of problems. A schoolchild is attacked by another...

Three songs for my wife on our 34th anniversary

Feb 08, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Three songs for my wife on our 34th anniversary

On this date, 34 years ago, I married a Wortmanville girl. How and why she put up with me for three decades and four years I do not know. They say opposites attract and indeed that is...

Three killed during confrontation with police in Prashad Nagar

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Three killed during confrontation with police in Prashad Nagar

By Latoya Giles and Jenelle Willabus Three men were shot and killed midmorning yesterday by police ranks after they attempted to force their way into a house located at Premnaranjan Place, Prashad...

Union alarmed no Guyanese hired in Marriott’s construction

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Union alarmed no Guyanese hired in Marriott’s construction

– calls on President Ramotar to intervene “…the involvement of Winston Brassington and the creation of Atlantic Hotels Incorporated to front this project raise searching questions...

Rapist knifes stepson, 4, to death

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Rapist knifes stepson, 4, to death

The small community of Buck Hill on Wismar, was rocked by the brutal murder of a four-year-old nursery school child, who was stabbed repeatedly about the body by his mother’s paramour. Moments...

$4.5M missing, Eccles overseer disappears

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on $4.5M missing, Eccles overseer disappears

– Auditor General, police investigating The overseer of the Eccles/Ramsburg Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), East Bank Demerara, has reportedly been sent home after more than...

Schoolboy rushed to hospital with scissors in head

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Schoolboy rushed to hospital with scissors in head

… assailant said to be fellow student The mother of a Patentia Secondary School student is diligently praying that her 13-year-old son makes a complete recovery after the child was reportedly...

Malfunctioning koker leads to flooding in Kingston

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Malfunctioning koker leads to flooding in Kingston

A malfunctioning koker yesterday led to the flooding of several sections of Kingston, Georgetown, including Prime Minister Samuel Hinds’s office compound. Before noon, yesterday, water started...

Dem boys seh … De hammer man get a dose of he own medicine

Feb 07, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh … De hammer man get a dose of he own medicine

When people block any thoroughfare, de man wid de hammer does visit dem wid a vengeance. A man build a kissing bridge at West Demerara and de man wid de hammer break it down in a flash. People use to...

2013 begins with 50% increase in murders

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on 2013 begins with 50% increase in murders

The first month of 2013 has already shown an increase in the number of serious crimes, with murders already 50 per cent above last year’s figure at the end of January. Figures released by the...

Guyana state-owned media companies admit libel

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Guyana state-owned media companies admit libel

Legal woes deepened Wednesday for two of Guyana’s state-owned media companies, three privately owned media entities closely associated with Guyana’s ruling People’s Progressive...

‘B’ Field Sophia residents scare off phone cable thieves

Feb 07, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘B’ Field Sophia residents scare off phone cable thieves

Vandals continue to create havoc in the Sophia area. This time they targeted another large quantity of cables, property of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company. Residents of 11th Field, ‘B’...

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The PPP has started the intimidation

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In politics, as in life, what goes around comes around. The People’s Progressive Party/Civic... more